What were some of the interesting theories around the cause of the bubonic plague?
- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
What are the seven stops on Young Goodman Brown’s journey and the significance of each of them?
I’m not certain that there are seven stops on Young Goodman Brown’s journey. Perhaps it’s a matter of how you read the story. I can only see five stops right now, and two of those stops seem minor…
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- HISTORY
What were some of the interesting theories around the cause of the bubonic plague?
Many Europeans believed that the Black Death was spread through breathing unhealthy air, so those who could afford it left London and other cities and waited out epidemics at their country homes….
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- THE PIGMAN
We have to act out a scene from this book, any suggestions?3 people- 4-7 minutes long
You want to choose a scene that is significant to the book, has a setting that is easy enough to replicate, and doesn’t require many characters. One of the most important parts of the rising…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, how does Tom discover that Daisy loves Gatsby?F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The…
Gatsby, Jordan, Nick, Tom, and Daisy are having lunch one hot afternoon at Tom and Daisy’s mansion. Daisy and Gatsby are having a hard time not showing their affections for each other. Eventually,…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
What is Fortunato’s role in the Cask of Amontillado?
Fortunato is the unfortunate victim of the narrator, Montresor. We never find out any specifics of what Fortunato has supposedly done to Montresor, but we do know that Montresor hates him and plans…
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- THE GIVER
How does Jonas, the main character, change throughout the story? What are the stages he goes…
In the beginning of the novel Jonas is like everyone else. He doesn’t question how his society works and he is kept ignorant of the reality of their life. However, as the giver begins to give him…
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- A JURY OF HER PEERS
Write a paragraph explaining how women are being marginalized in society by men in “A Jury of Her…
Glaspell reveals the reality of gender marginalization in a variety of ways. I think the most compelling of these would be the function of the investigation of the crime. The investigating…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Frost’s poem helps to allow the reader to see a divergent road in a completely different manner. Frost uses the technique of defamilarization to create an innovative manner to view a fork in the…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
What are the common discussion points on “Young Goodman Brown” & “Minister’s Black Veil” by…
One common discussion point for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s two stories “Young Goodman Brown,” and “The Minister’s Black Veil” is what Hawthorne referred to as “secret sin.” He once remarked that the…
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- THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
In the short story “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” do you feel sorry for Mitty in the start of the…
To a certain extent, there is a level of empathy that is felt for Mitty at the start of the story. He seems to live a very uninspired existence which consists of a wife telling him to buy…
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- THE NECKLACE
What is the author’s tone toward Mathilde Loisel in the exposition “The Necklace”?
For the most part, the author remains detached, and through writing down the simple thoughts and feelings of Loisel, allows the readers to decide for themselves how they feel about Loisel. If you…
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- NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA
How can crackdowns and drug testing affect workers’ morale, how could American companies make the…
Crackdowns of any kind have a detrimental effect on employee morale. Nonetheless, employees also thrive when the organizational leadership is fair and equitable in its treatment of its workers….
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- THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER
How does Uncle Oscar take advantage of Paul in “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence?
Shallow and selfish, Uncle Oscar of “The Rocking Horse Winner” does nothing to help his sister Hester come out of her financial predicament, although he has inherited the family fortune. When he…
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- GEOGRAPHY III
What is the most common format geography teachers ask their students to use when creating a…
Powerpoint (or Keynote if you’re using a Mac) is certainly not archaic. In fact, we require all of our students to develop and present such a presentation at some point each school year. Other…
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- ANTHEM
In Anthem, what is the description of the home left from the Unmentionable Times?
The house which Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000, whom he calls the Golden One find while they escape into the Uncharted Forest was one built during the Unmentionable Times and had been left…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
Create 3 questions that deal with the themes found in “Lord the Flies” novel.(e.g:…
If one reads “Lord of the Flies” as an allegory, then one can create questions with this mythological/archetypal approach to interpretation of Golding’s novel. Certainly the themes of Good vs….
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- THE ODYSSEY
In Book IX, discuss how the Cyclops adventure demonstrates two flaws in Odysseus’s…
This adventure illustrates Odysseus’s issue with pride. He is so proud of himself for ambushing and escaping the cyclopes that he has to brag about his success. It is then that he yells from his…
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- THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Why does Napoleon choose Edmond to deliver the letter, and not someone else? ?”The Count of Monte…
To disabuse the error of the question, in the setting of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” Louis XVIII sits on the throne in what history records as “The One Hundred Days,” France having been restored…
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- THE KITE RUNNER
Why do you think Khaled Hosseini use the name The Kite Runner?
Kite running operates as a plot element and a powerful symbol of several themes of the story, themes of love, betrayal, culture, and hope. First, as the previous responder noted, kite running is…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Why does Gatsby stop his parties and replace his servants?Chapter 7 of “The Great Gatsby” by F….
In Chapter 7 of “The Great Gatsby” Fitzgerald alludes to Trimalchio, a former slave in a narrative by Petronius who attained wealth and power through hard work and perseverance much like Gatsby’s…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What kind of questions would someone ask Balthazzar about during the play?
I think it would be really interesting to ask Balthazar why he thought it was allowable to leave Romeo alone in the tomb by himself. He knows that Romeo looks entirely unstable, but he still…
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- A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
Comment on the title A Room of One’s Own as an essay topic.
Of course you know that A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Wolf and was based on a series of lectures she delivered at two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in October…
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- TWELFTH NIGHT
How is FESTE’s name pronounced? It seems that nobody calls him by his name in the play
The name Feste is pronounced like “festy” and rhymes with “testy”. Feste is the jester, or comedian, in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. His name comes from the Middle English ‘festa’, which is related…
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- GRAMMAR
How do I form the past perfect tense of the verbs in the following sentence: “I_____(come) early…
“I came early because I had mixed up my appointment schedule.” Mixing up the schedule came before arriving early, so it gets the “had.”
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- MATH
Arctg(x) + Arcctg(1/3) = Pi/2. Find the x value.
You can answer this question by recalling (or looking up) an obscure trigonometric identity (see the link): tan(x) + atan(1/x) = pi/2 if x > 0 . = -pi/2 if x < 0…
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- MACBETH
In Macbeth, Act 1, scenes 4-5, what was said in the meeting between Macbeth and the witches?
Macbeth’s meeting with the Witches actually occurs in Act I, Scene 3. The Witches call Macbeth by his current title, Thane of Glamis. He is puzzled when they also call him by two titles he does…
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- HISTORY
President Johnson’s American LegacyThe Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave President Johnson the power to…
I think that this is fascinating, as LBJ is probably one of the most complex presidents we have had. Indeed, Vietnam is a challenge to a positive legacy on his presidency. I think that reading…
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- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
What could be some other possible conclusions to “Pride and Predudice”?
The answer to this question is difficult, because we have to suspend any knowledge or association with Jane Austen’s style of writing, her major themes, and the way that all of her works show her…
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- SCIENCE
With 2 examples from the industry, explain the role of sciene in production process.I am looking…
In considering about the production process of tofu, scientific research is necessary to know how long the processed tofu will keep inthe open air and how long it will keep in water. In addition,…
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- THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
How is defamiliarization used in the poem “The Road Less Traveled” and what effect does it achieve?
Defamiliarization is a literary trick whereby the writer takes something ordinary/everday and helps the reader to see it in a new light. Because some things are so familiar to us (things we see…
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- CONTENTS OF THE DEAD MAN’S POCKET
In the story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket,” what is the revelation Tom has when looking into…
When Tom is standing outside looking in through the window this is what he is thinking and seeing: But in the security and relief of his new position, he simply smiled; with only a sheet of glass…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
Topic: May I ask what is considered a good literary character essay introduction and…
Much of how to write a character analysis will lie in the specifications of a teacher or instructor, as different individuals will have different requirements for a paper like this. I would always…
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- SARA TEASDALE
Discuss how “defamiliarization” has been adopted in each work and the effect that it achieves?I…
Defamiliarization is a way of making something which is familiar to be viewed in a new way. In the poem by Teasedale, in the first stanza the image with the candle is one example, lost as a candle…
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- THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
Would you describe “The Most Dangerous Game” as commercial fiction or literary fiction? Support…
I would consider this story as literary fiction. The characters are very well developed and Rainsford changes at the end. It has a valid theme. At the beginning , Rainsford has a ruthless attitude…
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- LITERATURE
What visual image might I use to help explain the themes of “A Prayer in Spring?” my english…
This is going to be a challenge. If the question is about how to match a poem or a work with a particular picture, there are a copule of things that have to be addressed. The first would be as…
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- SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT
What effects does the author of “Shooting an Elephant” achieve through concrete lanaguage?Please…
In Orwell’s “Shooting An Elephant,” the narrator is a police officer during a period of intense anti-European sentiment. Although his intellectual sympathies lie with the Burmese, his official role…
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- MACBETH
Do Witches control Macbeth’s future or does he control his own future (according to the Act 1…
Macbeth controls his own future as he chooses to interpret the prophesies of the witches to suit his own desires. Their first greeting to him in Act 1 Scene iii contains three addresses – “Thane of…
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- SCIENCE
Alkenes can be shown to be unsaturated using bromine water.Describe the colour change that occur…
An unsaturated Hydrocarbon (alkene) has at least one double bonded c=c. Saturated it becomes c-c. No double bonds are allowed in a “saturated” hydrocarbon. Bromine water (reddish brown), contains…
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- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
In All Quiet on the Western Front, what does Kat’s resourcefulness show?Kat seems resourceful….
The narrator says that Katczinsky has “a sixth sense,” and calls him “the smartest man (he) knows.” He cites the example of one night when the company had landed in “some entirely unknown spot, a…
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- GUY DE MAUPASSANT
What happens after the end the short story, “The Necklace”?After reading through this short…
This would be an excellent student writing assignment for the Guy de Maupassant short story, “The Necklace”: to write an appendix or new ending and speculate what the Loisels’ life would be like…
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- POETRY
I need help in translating a verse of Italian poetry and determining its meaning. Per correr…
This is a line from Dante’s poem “The Divine Comedy,” Purgatorio, Canto I. It means: “To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Why is abortion illegal in the United States?
I’m not sure if you are asking for ideas because you need them for a debate or a persuasive essay. At any rate, I’ll offer some points that would support the question you are asking. Abortion has…
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- TEACHERS
Do you know why most students are really bored in their classes?The question is asked in an…
Children today are growing up in an entertainment based world. Their entire lives are digital: from their cell phones, to T.V., to video games, and MP3/iPods. When students step into a classroom…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
How’s cognitive theory related to the serial killer John Allen Muhammad?Be specific
The idea of cognitive theory as being driven by a goal oriented and systematic approach is where I would begin with the John Allen Muhammed’s predicament. While the therapy model in cognitive…
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- THE ALCHEMIST
According to the old man,”what is a personal legend”?
One’s personal legend could be that inner voice (soul?) that speaks. I’ve taught my students (and myself) that it’s this voice that helps us to identify our purpose in life and carry us towards…
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- HARRISON BERGERON
Do you think there is a moral to the story, “Harrison Bergeron”? Why or why not?
What is more important, the rights of the individual or the rights of society? “Harrison Bergeron” is a dark story about the potential for the well meaning advocates of equality to destroy the…
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Holden often uses the word “phony” to express his criticism in The Catcher in the Rye. What…
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the main character of Caulfield views the world as a place where valuable human qualities such as love and kindness have been overridden by the middle…
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- THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
What is the conflict in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Is it external conflict or…
The primary conflict in the novel is internal, between the two sides of Dr. Jekyll’s personality. Hyde is the dark side of his nature; the novel is an allegorical treatment of humankind’s…
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- TO BEGIN THE WORLD ANEW
in regards to “To Begin the World Anew,” what country’s government was influenced by American…
The premise of the American Constitution impacted many nations. Indeed, much of the French Revolution was inspired by the Colonists’ actions and their drive for a Constitution. The Enlightenment…
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- GRAMMAR
I am having a hard time on structuring a sentence for an assignment. How can you help me?For…
I think that there has to be a clear distillation as to what meaning one is striving to develop in the sentence. I think your correction is solid in terms of being able to draw a conclusion that…
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